Always love your posts Jim. This was especially interesting.
Right now I own only one truly portable stove. Its a large coffee can with semi-strategic holes. I fill it with twigs, one piece of flaming fat wood and off she goes. I should do a boil test on it. I mostly use it for heat, not to cook.
One of these days I will pick "the stove" and it will probably be a result of reading your posts.
Thanks
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Gary